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Who lobbies whom about what. Search Ireland's lobbying register to see who is influencing your TDs, ministers, and public officials — and on whose behalf.
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The Irish Traveller Movement
[Justice and Equality] Traveller Accommodation - . Lack of adequate supply. Establishment of Oireachtas Committee. Meetings on programme areas.
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Environmental Pillar
[Environment] Shared the Environmental Pillar's position on the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020, advocating for numerous fundamental amendments in order to ensure systemic change across society and provide an adequate framework to progressively reduce harmful emissions in accordance with national and international obligations.
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Irish Senior Citizens Parliament
[Finance] Pre Budget meeting to secure adequate provosion for older people reliant on State Pension.
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Irish Environmental Network
[Environment] Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Highlighted issues with regard to public participation in respect of the Aarhus Convention to members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action, citing need for adequate timeframes and the need to hear from a range of expert witnesses as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny process; suggested topics to cover in support of the Aarhus Convention.
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
[EU Affairs] Request for meeting sent to all MEPs regarding Draft Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages
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Age Action
[Budgetary matters] Budget 2021 priorities issues for Age Action -the creation of an office for a Commissioner on Ageing, a new National Digital Strategy with adequate supports for continuous learning, pension adequacy and reform, a digital allowance, rights based statutory home care scheme, commencement of the Assisted Decision Making Act and funding to fully operate the Decision Support Service
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College of Psychiatrists of Ireland
[Health] Meeting request to discuss objectives & outcomes for Mental Health of Youth at Third Level. Concern that services & supports for those young people at 3rd level with enduring mental illness such as moderate-severe depression, eating disorders, & schizophrenia & those living with personality disorders & neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism & ADHD will not be adequately developed without a certain percentage of the 5m euro provided.
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Sisters of Mercy
[Housing] The provision of adequate housing in Co Clare
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Fórsa trade union
[Employment] Campaigning for the implementation of a 2008 Labour Court recommendation states an agreed pension scheme should be introduced and adequately funded by the recognised funding agency.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Social Protection] Adequate resourcing of North Munster MABS
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Down Syndrome Ireland
[Education and Training] Please Don't Leave us Behind Education campaign. The campaign is two fold - DSI is calling on the Government to adequately resource and roll out a national training programme for teachers in mainstream schools and calling for July Provision for all children with Down syndrome in mainstream education settings.
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CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED
[Children and Youth Affairs] Report Card 2019 seeking reforms in relation to education, health, equality, early years, adequate standard of living and child protection
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National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education
[Education and Training] Provision of adequate staff training in special education
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National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education
[Education and Training] Provision of adequate school buildings for special school and classes
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The Wheel
[Budgetary matters] The Wheel attended the National Economic Dialogue and called on Government to ensure adequate multi-annual funding for services provided by cv organisations in budget 2020, and to ensure action to bring down the cost of insurance
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The Wheel
[Community] The Wheel met Minister Michael Ring at the launch of the 5-Year Strategy to Support the Community and Voluntary Sector and encouraged the Minister to ensure that the strategy is adequately resourced in Budget 2020
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National Principals' Forum
[Education and Training] Raising awareness of the issues maligning the Primary Education system, particularly the unsustainable pressures on Principal teachers and also the inadequate provisions and funding for meeting the needs of pupils with Special Education Needs in our schools.
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Fórsa trade union
[Heritage] Raising awareness of the Fórsa Archivists' Branch report on the management of the national archives and seeking to draw the Ministers of Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform; and Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltachts' attention to the reports recommendations. This Includes an increase in staffing; the completion of the archive respository project; the provision of adequate staff and resources to facilitate implementation of the 20 year rule and reform of the National Archives Act 198
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Age Action
[Health] Importance of investing in both home supports and adequate awareness raising on forthcoming Assisted Decision Making legislation.
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Clare Youth Service
[Children and Youth Affairs] A request for either the adequate resources to meet the increasing compliance requirements or a reduction in these requirements. An increase in the resources for the Youth Work Sector. Provision of security of funding to enable the Community and Voluntary sector retain skilled and qualified staff and therefore continue to deliver quality responses to identified needs.
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The Wheel
[Education and Training] It is important that the training and education requirements of community and voluntary sector employers and employees are adequately provided for through the National Training Fund. To ensure this, The Wheel has been in contact with William Beausang, Assistant Secretary, Department of Education, leading the current review of the National Training Fund.
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Ballyhoura Development CLG
[Employment] The concerns of the Board members of Ballyhoura Development CLG with regard to the lack of adequate supports and inconsistences between Departments when scaling down state funded schemes delivered through Ballyhoura Development CLG.
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College of Psychiatrists of Ireland
[Health] Request for PQs as follows: 1.What report/ data provides the evidence of a ‘worldwide’ shortage of Psychiatrists? What do the ‘worldwide’ reports recommend to tackle the shortage? 2.When is the HSE service plan due & what is contributing to the delay? Will it include initiatives to improve recruitment & retention in MHS particularly. Will it give adequate detail for MHS both in community & hospitals including measurable ‘outcomes' not just PI.s given there is no MH Director or Division
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Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed
[Social Protection] As part of the EAPN Ireland's project of Access to Adequate Social Welfare Support (Minimum Income Network), the INOU met with members of the Oireachtas to discuss the bench marking of social welfare rates.
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Multiple Sclerosis Ireland
[Health] Inadequate access to physiotherapy room in Wexford Primary Care Centre.
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Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited
[Budgetary matters] Information Day in Buswells to brief members of oireachtas in attendance on the services IRL and community groups provide in rural areas. As this took place before the annual Budget, they were briefed on the challenges community groups face with regards lack of adequate funding and resources
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
[EU Affairs] Email to Irish LIBE Memeber re: Adoption of IHRA flawed and politicised Definiton of Antisemitism that seeks to equate criticism of the State of Israel with antisemitism
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EQUATE
[Education and Training] Seminar on education policy, a submission to the Department of Education and Skills public consultation, information on newly released census statistics, newly published EQUATE research
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IPPN - The Irish Primary Principals' Network
[Education and Training] IPPN Conference Keynote Speech - Seán Cottrell - key points raised during the speech were: poorly-defined school leadership role; inadequate resourcing; and the impact of non-stop change. IPPN's five key priorities - ne admin day a week for Teaching Principals; Reduction in maximum class size; Increased capitation grant; Restoration of middle leadership posts; reduce the threshold for admin principals.
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Saint John of God Community Services Limited
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
[Finance] Letter was sent to Minister highlighting the inadequate level of funding for services for children and adults with Intellectual Disabilities
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